Clothesline reel and sheave



Sept 25, 1934. J. DOHERTY 1,974,485

CLOTHESLI NE REEL AND SHEAVE Filed March 26, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I venior x4 @1322 jaiznfim Sept 25, 1934. .1, DOHERTY 1,974,485

CLOTHESLINE REEL AND SHEAVE Filed March 26, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor pww Patented Sept. 25, 1934 s-iras'mres PATENT OFFlfi-Er 1 Claim.

This invention has reference to means for supporting a clothes line and for retaining the same in a taut condition.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which can be used on porches, and indoors and out of doors with efficiency.

The invention consists in the provision of an improved reel for the clothes line and a housing 1:3 for the reel to protect the clothes line from the elements when not in use.

Further the invention consists in the provision of an improved sheave for use in supporting the line.

The invention together with its other objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings where- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View through the sheave.

Figure 3 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the reel and housing therefor and Figures 5 and 6 are sectional views taken substantially on the lines 5-5 and 66 respectively of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that the device comprises a box like casing 10 which may be formed of metal or any other suitable material and which is open at its top. For the top of the casing there is provided a cover 11 hinged as at 12.

Rotatably mounted within the casing 10 is the reel 13 designed to have wound thereon the clothes line 14. As shown, the reel 13 comprises a tubular core provided inwardly from its ends with flanges 15, 16. The clothes line 14 is wound on the core of the reel between the flanges 15, 16 as is thought apparent.

The ends of the core 13 are journalled in suitable bearing plates 17 secured to the side walls of the casing by screws or other suitable fastening devices 18. The ends of the core 13 are alined with openings provided in the sides of the casing and in one of said ends of the core there is fixedly secured in any suitable manner a disk 19 provided with a rectangular slot 20 adapted to receive the rectangular head 21 of a crank 22 for rotating the reel.

To lock the reel against rotation in a manner to pay out the clothes line 14 there is provided on the flange 16 of the reel a ratchet wheel 23, and

engageable with the ratchet wheel 23 is a suitably and pivotally mounted dog 24 as clearly shown in Figure 6. It will thus be seen that to pay out the clothes line 14 dog 24 is swung upwardly out of engagement with the Wheel 23 whereupon by engaging the crank 22 with the disk 19 the reel may be rotated for paying out the cable 14, or in a reverse direction for winding the cable or clothes line on to the reel as may be found desirable.

The casing 10 may be mounted on any suitable support and to this end there is secured tothe rear Wall of the casing an attaching strap 25 of metal or other suitable material. The lower end of the strap 25 extends downwardly beyond the bottom of the casing 10 and is suitably apertured to accommodate fastening elements. Adjacent the upper end thereof the rear wall of the casing and the strap 25 are suitably apertured as at 26 to accommodate suitable fastening elements used in securing the device on a support. Also at said upper end the rear wall of the casing is suitably slotted as at 27 to accommodate the legs of a U bolt in the event such a device is used for securing the casing to a support.

As shown in Figure 4 one end of the clothes line 14 is anchored to the core of the reel 13 by passing said end into thecore through an opening 28 provided therefor and subsequently knotting said end of the clothes line as shown in said figure.

For supporting and guiding the clothes line 14 any number of sheaves 29 may be used and properly arranged.

In accordance with the present invention each sheave 29 is particularly adapted for use with a clothes line and comprises a block or frame member 30 formed from a single strap of metal or the like, and bent, shaped and dimensioned to provide a space 31 for the pulley or sheave 32, a lateral throat or opening 33 through which the clothes line is introduced to the block, and a guard 34 that extends inwardly and overlies the sheave or pulley 32.

As shown the pulley or sheave 32 is mounted to rotate on an axle pin 35 supported between opposed parallel portions of the block 30. It will also be noted that the block 30 is formed from a single length of metal bent into substantially rectangular form with the ends thereof so spaced as to provide the opening 33, and one end thereof bent inwardly to provide the combined guide and shield member 34.

To engage the line 14 with the pulley 32 all that is necessary is to pass the line into the block through the opening 33 in a manner to engage the groove in the periphery of the pulley 32.

In this connection it will be apparent that by so constructing the block the curved end 36 thereof serves as a hook adapted to engage any suitable suspension device, as for example the eye of an eye bolt, a fixed rod or any other suitable element used for suspending the sheave from a suitable support.

It is thought that from the above a complete understanding of the purpose, utility and advantages of an invention of this character will be had.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In a device of the character described, a casing having a hinged lid, a reel rotatably mounted in the casing and having a hollow core and a disk secured Within one end of the core and provided with a non-circular slot, a rack wheel mounted on one end of the reel, a dog pivotally mounted in the casing to engage the rack wheel for releasably retaining the reel against rotation in one direction, and a handle for rotating the reel from without the casing, said handle having a non-circular head adapted to engage the slot of said disk.

JOHN DOHERTY. 

